diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/AwsLambda.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/AwsLambda.node.ts
index 70e254342b..312316a7d1 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/AwsLambda.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/AwsLambda.node.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import {
 	IDataObject
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
-import { awsApiRequest } from './GenericFunctions';
-
-import { Lambda } from 'aws-sdk';
+import { awsApiRequestREST } from './GenericFunctions';
 
 export class AwsLambda implements INodeType {
 	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ export class AwsLambda implements INodeType {
 			async getFunctions(this: ILoadOptionsFunctions): Promise<INodePropertyOptions[]> {
 				const returnData: INodePropertyOptions[] = [];
 				try {
-					var data = await awsApiRequest.call(this, 'lambda', 'GET', '/2015-03-31/functions/');
+					var data = await awsApiRequestREST.call(this, 'lambda', 'GET', '/2015-03-31/functions/');
 				} catch (err) {
 					throw new Error(`AWS Error: ${err}`);
 				}
@@ -121,8 +119,7 @@ export class AwsLambda implements INodeType {
 			};
 
 			try {
-
-				var responseData = await awsApiRequest.call(
+				var responseData = await awsApiRequestREST.call(
 					this,
 					'lambda',
 					'POST',
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/AwsSns.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/AwsSns.node.ts
index ad25539b67..7b12184b6f 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/AwsSns.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/AwsSns.node.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import {
 	IDataObject
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
-import { awsConfigCredentials } from './GenericFunctions';
-
-import { SNS } from 'aws-sdk';
+import { awsApiRequestSOAP } from './GenericFunctions';
 
 export class AwsSns implements INodeType {
 	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
@@ -51,6 +49,7 @@ export class AwsSns implements INodeType {
 				name: 'subject',
 				type: 'string',
 				default: '',
+				required: true,
 				description: 'Subject when the message is delivered to email endpoints',
 			},
 			{
@@ -72,18 +71,15 @@ export class AwsSns implements INodeType {
 			// Get all the available topics to display them to user so that he can
 			// select them easily
 			async getTopics(this: ILoadOptionsFunctions): Promise<INodePropertyOptions[]> {
-				await awsConfigCredentials.call(this);
-
 				const returnData: INodePropertyOptions[] = [];
-
-				let sns = new SNS();
 				try {
-					var data = await sns.listTopics({}).promise();
+					var data = await awsApiRequestSOAP.call(this, 'sns', 'GET', '/?Action=ListTopics');
 				} catch (err) {
 					throw new Error(`AWS Error: ${err}`);
 				}
 
-				for (let topic of data.Topics!) {
+				const topics = data.ListTopicsResponse.ListTopicsResult.Topics.member;
+				for (let topic of topics) {
 					let topicArn = topic.TopicArn as string;
 					let topicName = topicArn.split(':')[5];
 
@@ -102,22 +98,19 @@ export class AwsSns implements INodeType {
 		const items = this.getInputData();
 		const returnData: IDataObject[] = [];
 
-		await awsConfigCredentials.call(this);
-		const sns = new SNS();
-
 		for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
-			const params = {
-				TopicArn: this.getNodeParameter('topic', i) as string,
-				Subject: this.getNodeParameter('subject', i) as string,
-				Message: this.getNodeParameter('message', i) as string,
-			};
+			const params = [
+				'TopicArn=' + this.getNodeParameter('topic', i) as string,
+				'Subject=' + this.getNodeParameter('subject', i) as string,
+				'Message=' + this.getNodeParameter('message', i) as string,
+			];
 
 			try {
-				var responseData = await sns.publish(params).promise();
+				var responseData = await awsApiRequestSOAP.call(this, 'sns', 'GET', '/?Action=Publish&' + params.join('&'));
 			} catch (err) {
 				throw new Error(`AWS Error: ${err}`);
 			}
-			returnData.push({MessageId: responseData.MessageId} as IDataObject);
+			returnData.push({MessageId: responseData.PublishResponse.PublishResult.MessageId} as IDataObject);
 		}
 
 		return [this.helpers.returnJsonArray(returnData)];
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/GenericFunctions.ts
index 30b3f2f94a..cf5f7e0af2 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/GenericFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -4,27 +4,12 @@ import {
 	ILoadOptionsFunctions,
 } from 'n8n-core';
 
-import { config } from 'aws-sdk';
 import { OptionsWithUri } from 'request';
 import { sign } from 'aws4';
-
-export async function awsConfigCredentials(this: IHookFunctions | IExecuteFunctions | ILoadOptionsFunctions): Promise<void> {
-	const credentials = this.getCredentials('aws');
-
-	if (credentials === undefined) {
-		throw new Error('No credentials got returned!');
-	}
-
-	config.update({
-		region: `${credentials.region}`,
-		accessKeyId: `${credentials.accessKeyId}`,
-		secretAccessKey: `${credentials.secretAccessKey}`,
-	});
-}
+import { parseString } from 'xml2js';
 
 export async function awsApiRequest(this: IHookFunctions | IExecuteFunctions | ILoadOptionsFunctions, service: string, method: string, path: string, body?: string, headers?: object): Promise<any> { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
 	const credentials = this.getCredentials('aws');
-
 	if (credentials === undefined) {
 		throw new Error('No credentials got returned!');
 	}
@@ -42,9 +27,8 @@ export async function awsApiRequest(this: IHookFunctions | IExecuteFunctions | I
 		body: signOpts.body,
 	};
 
-	let response: string
 	try {
-		response = await this.helpers.request!(options);
+		return await this.helpers.request!(options);
 	} catch (error) {
 		console.error(error);
 
@@ -57,12 +41,35 @@ export async function awsApiRequest(this: IHookFunctions | IExecuteFunctions | I
 			}
 		}
 
-		throw errorMessage;
+		if (errorMessage !== undefined) {
+			throw errorMessage;
+		}
+		throw error.response.body;
 	}
+}
 
+
+export async function awsApiRequestREST(this: IHookFunctions | IExecuteFunctions | ILoadOptionsFunctions, service: string, method: string, path: string, body?: string, headers?: object): Promise<any> { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
+	const response = await awsApiRequest.call(this, service, method, path, body, headers);
 	try {
 		return JSON.parse(response);
 	} catch (e) {
 		return response
 	}
 }
+
+export async function awsApiRequestSOAP(this: IHookFunctions | IExecuteFunctions | ILoadOptionsFunctions, service: string, method: string, path: string, body?: string, headers?: object): Promise<any> { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
+	const response = await awsApiRequest.call(this, service, method, path, body, headers);
+	try {
+		return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			parseString(response, { explicitArray: false }, (err, data) => {
+				if (err) {
+					return reject(err);
+				}
+				resolve(data);
+			});
+		});
+	} catch (e) {
+		return response
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/package.json b/packages/nodes-base/package.json
index 4ee7ae8d65..fa6a8a55ed 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/package.json
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "aws4": "^1.8.0",
-        "aws-sdk": "^2.543.0",
         "basic-auth": "^2.0.1",
         "cron": "^1.6.0",
         "glob-promise": "^3.4.0",